sullim4 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Summary of changes: - Drop to 4 divisions from 8. Locate teams by a combination of geography and rivalry. Keep all original AFL teams in the AFC. If the AFL rule can be broken, then swap the Colts with the Titans, and swap the division names as well. - Move St. Louis back to LA. - Put all west coast teams in the same division of the same conference. Preserve rivalries by including the Chiefs (plus you do need another team there). - To accommodate this, move the 49ers, Cardinals, Seahawks, and the LA Rams to the AFC. Move the Colts, Jaguars, Texans, and Ravens to the NFC. - Drop the geographical names from the divisions and use historical figures for the names, a la the NHL not too long ago. This proposal kind of requires it given that the NFC does not have clear geographic boundaries. Proposed divisions (first two AFC, last two NFC): (Bud) Adams Division: Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans (Lamar) Hunt Division: Arizona Cardinals Denver Broncos KC Chiefs LA Rams Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks (George) Halas Division: Dallas Cowboys NY Giants Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings (Johnny) Unitas Division: Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Carolina Panthers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 1 game against divisional opponents (this game alternates home/away each year) = 7 1 game against 3 divisional opponents based on previous year's record (held in other stadium opposite of the first game) = 3 1 game against 3 non-divisional opponents in same conference based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position)= 3 1 game against 3 non-conference opponents based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position) = 3 Total of 16 games. Playoffs: Division champions (first round bye) + 4 wild card slots based on record, best 2 records have home games in wild card round Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilbuffalobob Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 No thanks Mr. Land Surveyor. Let's go get Mike Vick, tie a grain bag over his head, chain a ham to his leg and drop him off in the middle of the Everglades. Its late thursday and society needs cleaning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I like your ideas a lot. We could also have divisions based on economic status of the cities. Or Civil war generals..or... URBAN DECAY DIVISION Buffalo Detroit Cleveland New Orleans ROBERT E LEE DIVISION Atlanta Carolina Jacksonville Tennessee SNOB DIVISION New England San Francisco Seattle Miami CRACK DIVISION Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Oakland AMERICA IS A BORE DIVISION Minnesota Cincinnati St Louis Kansas city Indianapolis Green Bay Denver Pittsburgh SUBURBAN HELLSPRAWL DIVISION Arizona Dallas Chicago Houston THE TUNA DIVISION Giants Jets Chargers Bucs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwing Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I like your ideas a lot.We could also have divisions based on economic status of the cities. Or Civil war generals..or... URBAN DECAY DIVISION Buffalo Detroit Cleveland New Orleans ROBERT E LEE DIVISION Atlanta Carolina Jacksonville Tennessee SNOB DIVISION New England San Francisco Seattle Miami CRACK DIVISION Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Oakland AMERICA IS A BORE DIVISION Minnesota Cincinnati St Louis Kansas city Indianapolis Green Bay Denver Pittsburgh SUBURBAN HELLSPRAWL DIVISION Arizona Dallas Chicago Houston THE TUNA DIVISION Giants Jets Chargers Bucs I 2nd this proposal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcalvin79 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I like your ideas a lot.We could also have divisions based on economic status of the cities. Or Civil war generals..or... URBAN DECAY DIVISION Buffalo Detroit Cleveland New Orleans ROBERT E LEE DIVISION Atlanta Carolina Jacksonville Tennessee SNOB DIVISION New England San Francisco Seattle Miami CRACK DIVISION Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Oakland AMERICA IS A BORE DIVISION Minnesota Cincinnati St Louis Kansas city Indianapolis Green Bay Denver Pittsburgh SUBURBAN HELLSPRAWL DIVISION Arizona Dallas Chicago Houston THE TUNA DIVISION Giants Jets Chargers Bucs hahahha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I love any idea that involves the Bills ending up in a division with any combination of Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and/or Detroit... but those divisions are just too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peevo Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I like all these ideas a lot. Instead of the "Urban Decay" Division, it could look more like this THE RUST BELT DIVISION: Buffalo Bills Pittsburgh Steelers Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions Every year, the teams compete for a literal "Rust Belt." The division title is literally a rusty, as crappy looking as possible, "once-proud" wrestling/boxing belt that will become a source of pride for all teams fighting to defend which "once-proud" city deserves the right to hoist up the Rust Belt. I'm far too lazy, and its 9 am, for me to do a whole NFL realignment. But I feel we have a lot more in common with Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and "the Nati" then we ever did with NYC, Boston, and Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Summary of changes:- Drop to 4 divisions from 8. Locate teams by a combination of geography and rivalry. Keep all original AFL teams in the AFC. If the AFL rule can be broken, then swap the Colts with the Titans, and swap the division names as well. - Move St. Louis back to LA. - Put all west coast teams in the same division of the same conference. Preserve rivalries by including the Chiefs (plus you do need another team there). - To accommodate this, move the 49ers, Cardinals, Seahawks, and the LA Rams to the AFC. Move the Colts, Jaguars, Texans, and Ravens to the NFC. - Drop the geographical names from the divisions and use historical figures for the names, a la the NHL not too long ago. This proposal kind of requires it given that the NFC does not have clear geographic boundaries. Proposed divisions (first two AFC, last two NFC): (Bud) Adams Division: Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans (Lamar) Hunt Division: Arizona Cardinals Denver Broncos KC Chiefs LA Rams Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks (George) Halas Division: Dallas Cowboys NY Giants Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings (Johnny) Unitas Division: Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Carolina Panthers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 1 game against divisional opponents (this game alternates home/away each year) = 7 1 game against 3 divisional opponents based on previous year's record (held in other stadium opposite of the first game) = 3 1 game against 3 non-divisional opponents in same conference based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position)= 3 1 game against 3 non-conference opponents based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position) = 3 Total of 16 games. Playoffs: Division champions (first round bye) + 4 wild card slots based on record, best 2 records have home games in wild card round Opinions? Your a loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Your a loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Your a loser Now why would you go and say something like that? Obviously the OP put a lot of his time and effort into this and what does he get? Being called a loser? Way to discourage people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 The Bad Management Division Buffalo Cincinnati Detroit Oakland The Good Management Division Indianapolis New England NY Giants Pittsburgh The Carpet Bagger Division Arizona Baltimore St Louis Tennessee The Too Much Media Attention Division Dallas Green Bay NY Jets Washington The Warm Weather Division Houston Tampa Bay New Orleans San Diego The Former Glory Division Miami Denver Philadelphia San Francisco The 'C' Division Carolina Cleveland Chicago Kansas City The Leftovers Atlanta Jacksonville Minnesota Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 The Bad Management DivisionBuffalo Cincinnati Detroit Oakland The Good Management Division Indianapolis New England NY Giants Pittsburgh The Carpet Bagger Division Arizona Baltimore St Louis Tennessee The Too Much Media Attention Division Dallas Green Bay NY Jets Washington The Warm Weather Division Houston Jacksonville New Orleans San Diego The Former Glory Division Miami Minnesota Philadelphia San Francisco The 'C' Division Carolina Cleveland Chicago Kansas City But, where is Seattle, Den, TB etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Summary of changes:- Drop to 4 divisions from 8. Locate teams by a combination of geography and rivalry. Keep all original AFL teams in the AFC. If the AFL rule can be broken, then swap the Colts with the Titans, and swap the division names as well. - Move St. Louis back to LA. - Put all west coast teams in the same division of the same conference. Preserve rivalries by including the Chiefs (plus you do need another team there). - To accommodate this, move the 49ers, Cardinals, Seahawks, and the LA Rams to the AFC. Move the Colts, Jaguars, Texans, and Ravens to the NFC. - Drop the geographical names from the divisions and use historical figures for the names, a la the NHL not too long ago. This proposal kind of requires it given that the NFC does not have clear geographic boundaries. Proposed divisions (first two AFC, last two NFC): (Bud) Adams Division: Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans (Lamar) Hunt Division: Arizona Cardinals Denver Broncos KC Chiefs LA Rams Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks (George) Halas Division: Dallas Cowboys NY Giants Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings (Johnny) Unitas Division: Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Carolina Panthers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 1 game against divisional opponents (this game alternates home/away each year) = 7 1 game against 3 divisional opponents based on previous year's record (held in other stadium opposite of the first game) = 3 1 game against 3 non-divisional opponents in same conference based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position)= 3 1 game against 3 non-conference opponents based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position) = 3 Total of 16 games. Playoffs: Division champions (first round bye) + 4 wild card slots based on record, best 2 records have home games in wild card round Opinions? Like the idea but those divisions are to big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 My Idea for Re-alignment The ESPN Conference Chris Mortenson Division New England Miami Pittsburgh Indianapolis Denver San Diego Stuart Shizzle Division Dallas Philadelphia New York Giants Washington Green Bay Tampa Bay The Everybody Else Conference Everybody else Schedule: ESPN Conference plays own division twice (10 games) plus each in the other division once (6) for 16 games Everybody else, why bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band of Merriman Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 If you're going to adjust the divisions you need to go ahead and incorporate the 18 game regular season schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don4593 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I love it. Although Id rather just switch the Ravens with us so we would play in the North with teams geographically closer like Pittsburgh and Cleveland...imagine those rivalries!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasBB Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Miami has to be in the "Crack" division instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBlood Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I almost fell out of my chair with laughter when I read the Urban Decay Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 This is the one that has always been a sore spot for me. On a serious note: When the NFL had a chance to make sweeping changes (for the longtern good of the league) going into the 21st century, they totally blew it, in my opinion. They had a great opportunity to follow college ball's example of regional rivalries, allowing more fan travel, inter-city commerce, full stadiums, etc. I mean, UGA and Florida is a great rivalry because of demographics and proximity. Florida, and say, Iowa, just wouldn't be the same. This SHOULD have been the division set up as far as I was concerned: Buffalo Detroit Pittsburgh Cleveland Atlanta Tampa Bay Jacksonville Miami NYG NYJ New England Philadelphia Washington Baltimore Tennessee Carolina Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago Green Bay St Louis Kansas City Minnesota Denver Dallas Houston New Orleans Arizona San Diego Oakland San Francisco Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 This proposal did a couple things, imo. - Creates additional wild card spots. Right now, the main problem I have with the 4-division setup per conference is that it leads to 8-8 and 9-7 teams hosting 11-5 wild card teams for the first round. That, to me, is just senseless. The two-division setup increases the meaning of winning a division given that there are double the teams in it, and as such is properly rewarded with a first round bye. - The divisions are pretty regionalized. The AFC's divisions mostly have eastern teams or western teams, while the NFC mostly has northern teams or southern teams. Dallas of course is an exception, as is Tennessee. - Honestly, how can you not like merging the AFC/NFC east with the AFC/NFC north? Guaranteeing that say, Pittsburgh always plays NE*, or the Cowboys always play the Packers, would be a rating boon for the NFL. Granted though, it banishes teams from the south that lack a following into a large division that no one will care about... but I don't see how that's different now with the AFC/NFC south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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